When was DeepSeek V2.5 released?

DeepSeek V2.5 was released by DeepSeek on Thursday, Sep 5 2024.

Who made DeepSeek V2.5?

DeepSeek V2.5 was built by DeepSeek. Chinese AI lab known for efficient, open-weight models. Gained attention for strong performance at lower cost.

Is DeepSeek V2.5 open source?

Partly. DeepSeek V2.5 is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.

What came before and after DeepSeek V2.5?

DeepSeek's previous tracked release was DeepSeek Coder V2 on Jun 17 2024, 80 days earlier. It was followed by DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview on Nov 20 2024.

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Frequently asked questions

: DeepSeek V2.5 was released by DeepSeek on Thursday, Sep 5 2024.
: DeepSeek V2.5 was built by DeepSeek. Chinese AI lab known for efficient, open-weight models. Gained attention for strong performance at lower cost.
: Partly. DeepSeek V2.5 is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.
: DeepSeek's previous tracked release was DeepSeek Coder V2 on Jun 17 2024, 80 days earlier. It was followed by DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview on Nov 20 2024.